Jun 4, 2011

spoons, shadows and sketches

Do you have a preferred spoon or fork that you eat with? I tend to like the heavier and thicker variety. I hold pencils, forks and the like between my middle finger and my ring finger, so the thicker variety tend to be more comfortable. The one in the photo below is good for drawing although not one I'd use.

Drawing
The kitchen drawer is filled with two sets of flatware. One set is my Mother's wedding set and the other is my Sister's wedding set. Mixed in with those are singles. These singles are old and abused and came to us in one way or another. They have their safe haven in this drawer.

Inspired by the various designs on these mismatched singles, I drew a spoon and fork and added the background color with software.

25 comments:

The spoon leaves a neat shadow underneath, and this utensil has a nice pattern, too. I like heavier flatware, I like the feeling of heft and really, the heavier ones do the work, the weight and shape allowing the spoon/fork to do the work instead of you muscling it to make it work.

We don't have a sentimental set of flatware, gifts in the past flowing to the utensil drawer. I'd love to use real silverware instead of modern day stainless...

there's something so very comforting about this photo. I like it very much. and I don't know how I missed Sputnik in the previous post. I'm glad I found her this time around. what a face. she's beautiful and I love that photo. happy SSS, and I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Hi, Juana! Love the pretty decorative details on your spoon... Really enjoying your collections post. I love old tableware, the feel of it, the experience eating with it, but realize I don't have much of it as a collection. I have a thing for fine porcelain, and prefer bone china cups to drink tea in. It's interesting to consider the everyday items we use and why! :o) Happy Week ((HUGS))

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